They reflect the comparatively scarce tradition of farmer rock art, as well as paintings by BaTwa hunter-gatherers who inhabited the area from the late Stone Age.
The Chewa agriculturalists, whose ancestors lived there from the late Iron Age, practised rock painting until well into the 20th century.
The symbols in the rock art, which are strongly associated with women, still have cultural relevance amongst the Chewa, and the sites are actively associated with ceremonies and rituals.
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